St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-06
About Eight Thousand People Go to The
Washington Rink, Minneapolis, to
See Cardiff and Killen Fight.
The Heavyweight Pugilists Pmumel
Each Other Ten Rounds, but Neither
Gets a Decided Advantage.
Cardiff Fouls His Antagonist Many
Times, But the Referee Lets the
Mill Proceed Uninterrupted.
No Evidences Of a Hippodrome---Both
Men Apparently in Dead Earnest
Throughout the Encounter.

pI0nSllp OF the Northwest IS StIl1 III
statu quo, and last nights meeting be-
tween Killen and Cardiff at the Wash
ingtOn rink, Minneapolis, did not go far
towards settling the point. At the close
neither man had gained decided ad-
vantage, as neither had been sufficiently
pummeled to indicate what might have
been the result if the fight had gone to
finish. 1t has been the custom hereto
fore to pay little or no attention
to the rules, and to overlook any
thing but deliberate fouls, and the
referee did not deviate from that
rule. He allowed Cardiff to wrestle
and butt without warning him, and the
result was q contest in which one man
seemed to be fighting according to Lon
don priZe-ring rules and the other Mar
suis of Queensberry land from scien-
tific standpoint it was very unsatlS-
factory contest. Cardiff certainly took
advantages and committed fouls which,
according to the revised Marquis of
Queensberry rules, which were supposed
to govern, should have lost him the
fight
A DOZEN TIMES OVEB.
In the second round he rushed Killen
against post and butted with his head,
and struck him while the referee was
trying to separate them. In the same
round he struck below the belt, and in
another round, after a clinch of several
seconds. delivered blow on the body
before he was clear. He carried out his
butting and wrestling tactics through
out, and if he had had the best of the
contest up to the tenth round his pick
ing Killen up and throwing him
head first to the stage should
have lost him the fight.
According to the rules fouls were COM
mitted on both sides, but Cardiif's was
the most fragrant and ineXcusable, and
he was roundly Missed time after time.
Several times he made rushes with his
head down and hands at his side, and
when Killen avoided him his method OF
doing battle was clearly exposed. As
to the fight itself, rules not considered,
the first round was about even. In the
second round Cardiff used Killen say
agely, using the ropes and post as aids,
and at the close had him either
DAZED OR WEAKENED.
If Killen had obtained such an adj
vantage any time the fight would have
doubtless came to speedy termination.
In the third, fourth, fifth and sixth
rounds Killen came out ahead, although
Cardiff stood his punishment well. The
three following rounds hOnOrs were
about even. The tenth and last round
did not come to a close, Cardiff throwing
l. 70 10
crowd rushed in over the ropes, and all
was confusion. There will be a few
who will be inclined to cry hippo
drOme, of course, but very few. The
fight was palpably in earnest, too
much in earnest, in fact, for both men,
especially Cardiff, fought wildly and
missed many openings. As a result
neither Killen nor Cardiff can be said
to be the gamer by the meeting. Killen's
friends expected him to whip Cardiff
with comparative ease, and he failed to
come up to expectations. Cardiff's
methods did not reflect much credit
upon him, and, although. he made
good showing, it can be fairly said it
was due in great measure to the
UNFAIR ADVANTAGES
which he took. He settled one point
effectually, however, and should be
given credit for it. 1t was thought by
many that he would hold back or run
away. On the contrary, he fought more
savagely than Killen, and acted as
though he meant fight from start to fin
ish. 1t was great audience that wit
messed the contest, which probably in
cluded over 5000 people, and there
will be few of that num-
Der who will feel that they did
not get their moneys worth of smuggling,
although the fact that the affair ended
in draw is bound to give more or less
dissatisfaction. 1t was few minutes
before 10 o'clock when Killen appeared,
just as Pat Fallen, of Omaha, had
mounted the stage and was Quieting
the crowd to announce that John p.
Glow, the Colorado middle-weight, de-
sired to challenge the win
ner. As a consequence Kill
len did not get a very
hearty greeting, but was loudly APP
plauded when the master of ceTmOnieS
announced that he would meet Glow for
$1,000 to a finish at any place within six
casioned veXatiOus delay of quarter
of an hour.
THE CROWD H0WLED
for Parson Davies, of Chicago, who was
known to be in the audience Seelye
for Killen agreed to take the
sporting reporter of any reput-
able paper in Minnesota. Donald
son proposed Prof. Duplessis or
Billy Hawkins and finally Eddie Cain.
The latter was accepted. Cardiff then
appeared and was heartily applauded.
Jasper Johnson, the master of ceremon-
les, announced that Tommy Warren
and Hank Seelye would go behind Kill
lon, and John Donaldson and Jerry
Murphy behind Cardiff. The time
keepers were John S. Barnes and ]. D.
Martin. 1t was just twenty minutes
past ten when the men shook hands.
Cardiff looked to be as broad
and sturdy as an OK, and was evidently
in splendid condition. Killen looked
rather thin, although his splendid
physique showed off to good advantage.
Their weight did not differ materially.
Cardiff standing at 1S5 pounds and Kill
Ell at l9l.
THE FIFHT.
First Roundabout spared carefully at
frsl and Killen led with his left, but Cardiff
ducked Cardiff next retaliated with his
right and there were several passages which
Round second started off with clinch and
Killen's left visited Cardiffs face three times
al long range. Both exchanged some sharp